Details
LOT 3259
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Rome mint; struck AD 285. 7th officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre in left; XXIZ below. RIC V.2 161. Good Very Fine.(4.43gr, 23mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's tickets included.
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